Infertility is a crisis of the deepest kind. It threatens many aspects of a couple's life - not only the partners' relationship to each other, but it also affects them individually and their relationship with friends and family.
Infertility therapy is now highly successful; with pregnancy rates obtained with most treatment is comparable to natural pregnancy rates. For those couples who do not become pregnant after several treatment cycles, the decision to continue treatment is made depending on their individual wishes and needs consultation and counselling so that a correct decision is made. Thus your management for infertility will include both the physical and emotional care.
Therefore, at our clinic we offer psychological counselling services to the patient at every stage of the treatment in order to help in coping with the various aspects of their condition. Offering counselling and contact with other infertile couples and patient associations can also provide help outside the medical environment.
Every couple that faces infertility problem have several queries in their minds to be answered
What can be done to treat our problem?
What are the reasons for failing to conceive?
What if our worst fears of being Infertile are confirmed?
What are the prospects of us conceiving a child?
There could be various male & female factors involved in causing infertility. The investigations done should answer four basic infertility evaluation questions.
Is there a sperm problem?
Is there a problem with ovulation?
Can the egg & sperm unite?
Can implantation occur & be maintained?
So, do not hesitate to ask your doctor for any doubts that you have. We encourage our patients to get in touch with us at any stage of the treatment if they would like to understand a particular thing better.
When should we seek medical assistance for infertility?
In general, it is appropriate to see a physician for infertility after 12 months of trying to get pregnant on your own. Age is an important factor. For example, if you are only 25 years old and feel that you want to give it more time to occur naturally, you may do so. But on the contrary, if you are more than 35 years, you may also want to seek help in less than 12 months. It is appropriate for women 40 years and older to see a fertility specialist if not pregnant after 6 months of trying. A high percentage of women over 40 will need help to conceive. Moreover, if you have a condition that predisposes to infertility such as irregular menstrual cycle, endometriosis, previous tubal pregnancy, polycystic ovary syndrome, pelvic infection, previous abdominal surgery previous history of tuberculosis or male factor it is better to seek help earlier.
Counselling and Support
Infertility is multifaceted in nature and it brings with it much emotional distress and effects every aspect of a person's life. It involves a series of losses - loss of hopes and dreams, loss of control over one’s life, loss of a positive self-image, loss of privacy, and loss of belongingness etc. Although these losses are real, they are invisible to others and very often people experiencing infertility feel that they isolated from their friends, family and sometimes from each other.
Counselling forms an integral part of the treatment management the major impact and distress experienced by people who need assistance to create and complete families. All our medical and nursing staff are trained to provide support; however, we do also have professional counsellors who would guide you through the journey of the treatment.
A counsellor can help a couple or an individual feel less alone and can assist people with finding ways to cope with the emotional turmoil of infertility. We encourage our patients to to talk with a counsellor at different points of their treatment.
Perhaps
when first seeking assistance to become pregnant
when wondering what could help
when preparing to begin a particular treatment such as IVF
when undecided as to what to do
at times of particular crisis
when the stress and strain feel too much
if a pregnancy is not on-going
if difficulties occur in relationships
when looking at alternative ways to form a family or in taking decision to stop treatment
when seeking more information
when thinking about being using the third party reproduction
The purpose of counselling will be different for each of these and counsellors use a variety of approaches to address the particular needs of the patient.
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